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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2025-26 Catalog Program: Dance/Theatre

Dance/Theatre

Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements.

College Requirements:

Degree Requirements 

Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.

Major Requirements:

Total major units: 13-14

Five units in dance, including:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
DANC 201 - Introduction to Dance Studies: History and Culture

 

DANC 211 - Afro-Contemporary Dance

OR

DANC 311 - Contemporary Dance III: Action and Interaction

Prerequisite(s): DANC 211 or DANC 313, or equivalent experience

 

  • A maximum of two units in DANC 101

    • Five units in theatre, including:

    Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
    THEA 202 - Introduction to Theatrical Design

     

    THEA 204 - Fundamentals of Acting and Performance: Movement

    OR

    THEA 205 - Fundamentals of Acting and Performance: Text

     

    THEA 233 - Devising

    OR

    THEA 331 - Directing

    Prerequisite(s): THEA 204 or THEA 205 or approved alternate with consent of the instructor

     

  • A minimum of one unit in theatre history or performance studies

    • Production:

    completion of
    Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
    DANC 100 - Dance Production

    Prerequisite(s): Audition or department approval

    OR

    THEA 100 - Theatre Laboratory

    OR

    THEA 201 - Stagecraft

    One Unit of Junior Year Requirements:

    Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
    DANC 362 - Dance & Ecology: Ethnographic Approaches

    OR

    DANC 365 - Dance and Identity on the Global Stage

    OR

    THEA 301 - Junior Seminar

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing in theatre or a theatre-combined interdisciplinary major.

     

  • Junior qualifying examination in dance
  • Junior qualifying examination in theatre

    •  

    See Dance/Theatre for additional details regarding the junior qualifying examination.

    Two units of Thesis

    Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
    THDC 470 - Thesis

    Recommended, but Not Required:

    For students without prior dance experience, DANC 111 and DANC 112 are strongly recommended.

    Notes:





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